Indian police attach civilian property in Jammu under draconian UAPA
Jammu: In yet another act of economic repression, Indian police have attached property worth millions under the black law, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, a double-storied residential house built on a 1,501 sq. ft. plot at Tawi Vihar, Sidra, Jammu, was seized on Saturday. The property, valued at nearly Rs 2 crore, belongs to Firdous Ahmad Butt, son of Wali Mohammad Butt, a resident of Hugam Srigufwara in Islamabad district.
The police claimed that the action was linked to an FIR registered at Mattan Police Station under multiple draconian provisions including the Arms Act, Explosive Substances Act, NDPS Act and UAPA.
Observers say such attachments are part of India’s sustained campaign to intimidate the people of Jammu and Kashmir by depriving them of their homes, lands and livelihoods. The Modi regime has increasingly weaponized property seizures, branding locals as ‘narco-terrorists’ or ‘anti-nationals’ to justify the confiscation of their assets.
Rights groups have repeatedly pointed out that these arbitrary measures are aimed at choking Kashmiris economically and altering the territory’s demography by paving the way for non-local occupation of seized properties.
